Problem structuring methods: a review of advances over the last decade

AA Gomes Junior, VB Schramm - Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Problem Structuring Methods (PSMs) are a set of interactive and participatory
modeling approaches for dealing with unstructured complex problems, which are …

Application of SSM in tackling problematical situations from academicians' viewpoints

P Hanafizadeh, M Mehrabioun - Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2018 - Springer
In recent years, a wide variety of studies have applied soft systems methodology (SSM) to
address the complexities of the messy situations. This paper seeks to identify 1) application …

Farmers as agents in innovation systems. Empowering farmers for innovation through communities of practice

A Dolinska, P d'Aquino - Agricultural systems, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper examines the role that communities of practice (CoPs) of farmers play in the
innovation process. The Agricultural Innovation Systems approach focuses mainly on …

Modeling the effect of social networks on adoption of multifunctional agriculture

SM Manson, NR Jordan, KC Nelson… - … modelling & software, 2016 - Elsevier
Rotational grazing (RG) has attracted much attention as a cornerstone of multifunctional
agriculture (MFA) in animal systems, potentially capable of producing a range of goods and …

Understanding innovation platform effectiveness through experiences from west and central Africa

J Davies, Y Maru, A Hall, IK Abdourhamane… - Agricultural …, 2018 - Elsevier
Innovation platforms (IPs) are a way of organizing multistakeholder interactions, marshalling
ideas, people and resources to address challenges and opportunities embedded in complex …

How do entrepreneurs learn and engage in an online community-of-practice? A case study approach

K Hafeez, P Foroudi, B Nguyen, S Gupta… - Behaviour & …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
This paper investigates the ways in which entrepreneurs use communities of practice (CoPs)
to express themselves, using narrative theory and rhetorical analysis, to gain insight into an …

Bringing farmers into the game. Strengthening farmers' role in the innovation process through a simulation game, a case from Tunisia

A Dolinska - Agricultural Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
While farmers are recognized as equally weighing sources of innovation in the Agricultural
Innovation Systems (AIS) framework, their participation in knowledge co-production within …

Adapting nurse competence to future patient needs using Checkland's Soft Systems Methodology

D Železnik, P Kokol, HB Vošner - Nurse education today, 2017 - Elsevier
Background New emerging technologies, health globalization, demographic change, new
healthcare paradigms, advances in healthcare delivery and social networking will change …

Navigating the first years: Newly qualified teachers' experiences with professional learning communities

PL Mabunda, VI McKay - Systemic Practice and Action Research, 2024 - Springer
Drawing on a mixed-methods evaluation of the New Teacher Induction Programme of the
South African Department of Basic Education, this paper examines the role of Professional …

A systems thinking methodology for studying prevention efforts in communities

T Riley, L Hopkins, M Gomez, S Davidson… - Systemic Practice and …, 2021 - Springer
The turn to complexity in public health over the past 20 years has come as practitioners,
policy makers and scholars lament the lack of progress in addressing wicked problems such …